The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15
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WOOL


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Af1omsne
Tho farmer or aRriculturist who mann.
factures nothing but who pays the fncrea IN
price which tho tariff imposes upon eve,Y
Agricultural Implement, upon al 10 weats
and upon al be uses and owns, excenf ina
increase OF his 1locks and herds anti mon
thinR1 a hin husbandrY produ0es frnre tna
soil, 10 invited "a nd in mainteinfn0.* +, Y's
present situation: and he 10 told that h,p,.
who have sheep to shear, in order that tho
price Of their wool may By increased Thev.
Of course. arc not reminded that tho 5srmees.
who has NO sheep IL by this scheme ohli0ed.
In his purchases Of clothing and wooian
goods, to pay tribute to his fellow farmer
ss well - TO the manufacturing and mer-
t Gnan y. nor y any mention made Of the fact
tnat tho anoep owners themselves and their
households must wear clothing and
uso other articles manufactured from the
WOOL they sell at tariff prices, and thus
as consumers must return their shares
OF th1e increased price Of the brakeman. I
tn1nk IL may be fairly assumed that large
proportion Of the sheep owned BY the farm
ers throughout the country are found in
emall Hooks numbering from twenty-five to
n1ty: The duty on the grade OF imported
wool which these sheep yield IL ton cents
eacn pound II OF the value OF thirty cents or
!ess. ana twelve cents It Of tho value of more
@x pounds be allowed TOR each fleece, the
duty thereon would be sixty or seventy 1.-two
cents, ana This may be taken a. the utmost
e eanan gu tS OF 10 p11ce 20 tne farmer BY
49, ason W Snas uaGy. EAgneee9 ooliars would
. sm~S t tepseseae me 1ncIeaseo Price OF the
from tha ,vo", ~ Az . saeop sau %o0 that
1--WE s 9s,,s WIZ ~ MGy saesp. ano =! present
o~a th, rs a ;ta ,;n "ou!o anount 70 about
f.rnear ot aus P hts upon se sale the
.,aa1 e'xsS Cule VI Aoss SakIM prom. tne
thct .,h .s -. s, .. w.Ia pIeolseiy
here t. nmt;, - = r.a a.S H tHH Will aa-
Wher ,annta st ~ tntn ot the So9samet:
noda ana 81 INTO oiGtn and other
eoEs a snora sse'a - 1oI use' is cost y not
gay norease9 10 tne extent Of the
Aa1"o1s sa1H4 prom, OUT further
s9m mas oeen ADDED Tor tho profit
0 e 1ne ma1uiacturer under the operation Of
e; sa ..,h Avs In tne meantime the day
arrives ~ waen tne farmer mas IL necessary
~ putcnase Woolon goods and material to
GIIene a!mseH ana family 1or the winter.
WIEN Ae !aces tne ttauesman !or tnat pur-
poso De u'ecovels tnat no ls oDlgeo not only
10 ssGtu1n: IN me way OF increased prices: his
t t P .In1 On tae w3o! ne SOLO, ana which
ateo form, out that ne must aod consider
aple sum tnereto TO meet q further increase
IN cost caused BY tariff duty on the manu-
1acture. Thus In the end he is aroused to
inc TACT that ne has paid upon q moderate
winch, when he sold his wool, seemed SO
prontable,
AN INCREASE IN PRICE
more than sufficient to sweep away all the
tariff profit he received upon the wool he
produced and sold: When the number of
with ali the farmers In the country, and the
small proportion they bear to our popula-
ton is constdered; when it ia made apparent
tnat, In the case of q large part OF those who
own sheep, the benefit of the present tariff
on wool is 1llusory, and, above all, when it
must be conceded that the increase OF
the cost OF living caused by such
tariff becomes a burden upon those
with moderate means and the poor, the
employed ana unemployed. the sick and
well. and the young and old. and that it con-
stitutes tax which, with relentless grasp,
woman and child in the land. reasons are
suggested why the removal or reduction of
this duty should be included in a revision If
our tariff laws In speaking of the Increased
cost to the consumer of our home mapnfact-
ures. resulting from a duty laid upon i'm
ported articles Of the same description. the
fact Ia not overlooked that competition
among our domestic producers sometimes
nrodrcts hai",v - ~ A1SuE ',e plH9 OIL taeIl
such duty. But IL ia nOtnriOna that this cnrn
petitio,, ia too often stron~1ed nv c crn h;no
lions quite PREVALENT MT this tims and fre-
uuentiy called trusts which have for the;r
object The Regulation Of the snnnlv and nri1a
of com,nodities moia and soId hy menhars
of the combination The neonie can hare;1
hone for any consideration IN Tho onar"tio11
of these selfish schemes IF however IL
the absence of such comh,nations a heai,thu
and free competirion reduces the MICE ~
anv Darricnlar dntiah1e articIa - hoptno ~ ~
dnction below the limit whioh ~ ,,,i-ht ~
erwise reach nnI,ar onr tar;t :. .. e ~ ,9 -
with sufh reduced nrica it, mor",an. u
continual to thrive IT. il ortirei,, as.;Ja,,t
that one thing has been discovereS wh;oh
should he corefniiv ecrntin;-ed -, ~. "4f.,,e
to reduce tnxation The necesait ~ az az e noJ,
bination to maintain the nrice 81 nv con,
modify to the tariff nofnt fnrnishas nroof
chat some one ia willing tn accent lo,ve-
prices Tor such commodity and that s,ch
prices are remuuerative: and lower nri Isa
produced bv competition nrove tfe same
thing Thus where either 81 these conni.
lions exist a case wonld seem to he nra-
sented for an easy reduction Of taxation. The
considerations which have been nresentaS
touching our tariff laws are intendeI1 oniv ~
enforce an earnest Recommendation thai tho
surnlus revenne Of the covernment =" nv, "ao
vented bv the wv f-~-